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Were now two weeks into overtime. he said in that interview he would decide before the end of the month. he told you, i did not intend to say that. >> thats right. >> he just said it in the interview. and throughout your piece is a character who is capable of those kinds of moments. you can see where those kinds of moments come from in the way youve reported his life. >> well, listen, thats what made him so compelling in his race against ted cruz last year, was a sense that you were out on the p...

He said in that interview he would decide before the end of the month. he told you, i did not intend to say that. >> thats right. >> he just said it in the interview. and throughout your piece is a character who is capable of those kinds of moments. you can see where those kinds of moments come from in the way youve reported his life. >> well, listen, thats what made him so compelling in his race against ted cruz last year, was a sense that you were out on the perimeter with this guy who is maki...

Trump is not guilty of anything. hes trying to insulate the president from any actual criminal wrong diagnosidoing. we dont know what comes of that and ma what mooler actually has. what i see is a strategy and a defense here well, there may have been some bad actors who were sharing information, who were working with the russians in their quest to destabliilize the election. the problem is how is the head of the campaign and ultimately the president do you not own any of that in if it actually h...

Investigation and north korea and russia and the battle of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh its been quite a year. its been quite a consequential second year in office for president trump. >> thats one way of seeing it. >> cnn political reporter nia mallika henderson. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> is there any way to sum up the year, david gregory of what its been like? >> i think the headspace for president trump is so clouded by the mueller investigation and any perceived slight...

>> i think for the head space for president trump is so clouded by the mueller investigation and any perceived slight to him, i mean, he walks around with a sense of being aggrieved and under siege and hes so reactive, hes reactive to all of that that his -- as a gut player that temperament and that gut feeling of always searching for a fight is foremost on his minds. and it really is what has clouded everything else, including areas where hes shown some promise. thats the piece that i think rea...

Suddenly drops the no collusion moniker that he has been using for months and months on twitter. if that goes away for president trump its not clear to me what else is left. how on earth can we judge what collusion is if suddenly it doesnt exist, if suddenly cooperating with a foreign government to influence an election is no longer something that we think is illegal or at least completely unethical. >> david, very quickly. in our few waning seconds, mick mulvaney is now acting chief of staff an...

Order many and i think the president in private practice, he was a gut player, he would go with his gut as to how to solve a problem. now he has to deal with a little thing called the u.s. constitution. >> does he not realize that, is it disrespect? ignorance? >> this is a problem that has vexed many administrations. most people understand this is going to be a quite difficult area to wade into and solve quickly with an executive order or new laws. one would expect that you would handle this wit...

The prize i want is victory for the world. not even here. i want victory for the world. so thats the only prize i want. >> now thats modesty. what credit do you think he should get or does or doesnt deserve. >> well, lets see. were giving him a trophy for being president. what do you do? you deal with foreign policy. we want to reward him for putting down his phone for a few minutes and actually addressing an issue of nuclear proliferation? >> you sat down with him 101 in may of 2016. what did t...

Ever seen anything like this? >> no. maybe it could be our summer resolution or something. you know, there is a common denominator here. of course no one, of course general kelly cant control trump. of course not. this is, you know, there shouldnt really be much of a surprise about this, candidate trump ran as a gut player, im going to run on my intuition, im so stable, you wouldnt believe it. one of my favorite lines. and guess what, hes not especially. whoa. >> couldnt have guessed that. >> at...

Feeling hes got control. hes in the cabinet he wants, hes always been a gut player. hes going to follow his gut now. this is what the gut is telling him. do you sense that from him on these decisions? >> yeah. i think thats probably right, and i think -- you know, you cant really blame him for that, i guess, if he feels like this is what made him successful and he had a campaign, obviously, thats scatter shot, organized, not clear lines of communication and became president. you see how he reach...